It Should ALL Be Free

Education, medical help, you name it. Housing and food, gasoline and energy - it should all be free.

Now, before you call me a socialist, let me expound.

God made a perfect world. A world that brought forth food abundantly, a world that didn't need housing or protection from the elements. Ah, you see where I'm going already, don't you? What is it that everyone today needs most? Food and shelter. What is it that drives the world market? Food and shelter. They're the biggest commodities, because they are the most necessary.

It SHOULD all be free, but we sinned. And sin brings death. The world is cursed; the ground is stubborn now. Making enough food is hard. And people are still sinners. They don't want hard. So I'll take what you've worked hard for and eat it myself. And people are greedy. I have everything, and I'm not going to share unless you pay through the nose for it.

It SHOULD all be free, but this world will never have it that way, and trying to force it back into perfection is impossible. We cannot restore what God took away. And we cannot change our wicked hearts ourselves. For every person who gives charitably there is another person robbing the charity. For every person giving selflessly, there is another person abusing the selfless.

It SHOULD all be free. We should be free. But that freedom comes only in Christ, and it doesn't exist in this life. We cannot correct a fallen world by destroying the idea of the individual. We cannot exist ONLY as a community, only as a society. We must be individuals first. We must work hard first. If we all worked hard, we could make it free. We could take care of the poor. We could provide food and shelter for the world. We have enough. But it requires two things - hard work and generous hands. And we live in a sinful world where the vast majority of people fall into one of two categories, lazy or greedy.

Lazy will not work as hard as they can. Greedy will, but they won't share. And together, those people eliminate the possibility of a free world.

I long for the day when everything is free. Education? You can learn from the very best teacher. Food? All around you, anytime, anywhere. Energy? For whatever you need. Technology? It was made to be shared. Art? It's a gift to see your smile.

The world was made to be free - where we all work and we all give, as individuals who care for individuals. We take care of each other, not because of a mandate, but because we want to better each other. We work, not to provide for ourselves, but to provide more for each other. We give, not to receive, but to produce joy. The world was made to be free. That world exists in Christ.